UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1209

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1209

    Published: 6 Feb 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1209
    Aliases:
    USN-2495-1

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function in core/editing/VisibleSelection.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper handling of a shadow-root anchor.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1209, https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188788&view=revision, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=447906, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2495-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1209

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1069

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High